Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category

The owners drive the nails as the Tin Roof prepares to open

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Jason Sheer is a hands-on businessman in the truest sense.
“I’ve got the hammer in my hand and we are going at it,” the co-owner of the Tin Roof said Tuesday in a telephone interview.
Sheer was working at South Limestone and Maxwell streets where the live-music restaurant chain is about to open its newest location, probably [...]

You’ve heard of hybrid cars. How about a hybrid restaurant?

Friday, November 28th, 2008

“We are hearing a lot of horror stories” because of the recession, says Gene Williams, a partner in Natasha’s Bistro & Bar on The Esplanade downtown. “This is actually good news.”
Natasha’s is finishing a remodeling of its physical space and a restructuring of its business to create what Williams calls a “hybrid restaurant” that is in [...]

Rain spoils Keeneland’s run for the record

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The economy rained on Keeneland’s parade during the recent fall meet.
Betting, both on-track and via simulcasting, was down substantially, although attendance was strong.
Overall, 239,117 fans turned out from Oct. 3-25, only 179 short of last year’s record.
“If it hadn’t rained on Friday (the next to last day of the meet), we would have broken our [...]

Hey, Time, it’s the Bourbon Capital of the World!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Time currently has a very entertaining feature on its Time.com Web site called “50 Authentic American Experiences.”
Just don’t look too carefully at the picture with the Kentucky item if you have blood pressure problems.
It’s like “sticking a red-clad Louisville Cardinal in the UK Basketball team picture,” says reader John E. Campbell of Lexington.
The item is [...]

McCorvey puts My Old Kentucky Home back on track

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known for singing “God Bless America” at Yankee Stadium, thrilled guests at Ashford Stud outside Versailles during a party Saturday.
The Ryder Cup-related visit of Irish tourism minister Martin Cullen prompted the festivities, reports Herald-Leader Editor Linda Austin.
More than 100 guests dined under the stars at the Coolmore-owned horse farm on Irish [...]

Former senator comes to town for Exile, grandchildren

Friday, June 27th, 2008

There was at least one national political celebrity in the crowd when the group Exile held its reunion concert at the Kentucky Theatre on June 19.
Trent Lott, the 66-year-old Mississippi native who served as both Senate majority leader and Senate minority leader during a 35-year congressional career, is a long-time Exile fan.
“The whole family came,” [...]

Cedar from Maine, music from Kentucky

Friday, May 30th, 2008

It’ll take about six weeks beginning in mid-July to “stack” the logs for country singer Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse at Skylar’s Landing in Harrodsburg.
Allow another two or three weeks for roofing and a couple of months for installing electricity, plumbing and a professional sound system. Then the country duo of Montgomery Gentry can sing while the [...]